Prime Minister Narendra Modi will depart for Russia on Monday to attend the 16th BRICS Summit on October 22-23 and in addition maintain bilateral conferences with leaders of the group’s members and different invitees.
This marks PM Modi’s second go to to Russia this 12 months.
The summit is the primary because the enlargement of the group to 9 members, with Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and the UAE becoming a member of this 12 months after being supplied membership within the 2023 summit in South Africa. Argentina and Saudi Arabia have been additionally invited however the former declined after a change of presidency, whereas the latter is but to reply.
PM Modi will go to Russia from October 22-23 on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, being held in Kazan, beneath the chairmanship of Russia, the MEA mentioned.
The summit, themed “Strengthening Multilateralism for Simply International Improvement and Safety”, will present an vital platform for leaders to debate key international points, it mentioned, including that the Summit will provide a priceless alternative to evaluate the progress of initiatives launched by BRICS and to establish potential areas for future collaboration.
Throughout his go to, the Prime Minister can be anticipated to carry bilateral conferences together with his counterparts from BRICS member international locations and invited leaders in Kazan, the MEA mentioned.
As per Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov, the BRICS summit in Kazan will host leaders from 24 international locations and delegations from a complete of 32 nations, making it the most important international coverage occasion ever held in Russia.
Other than the principle BRICS assembly, there will likely be conferences within the BRICS+ format on the theme “BRICS and the International South: Constructing the Way forward for the World Collectively” involving representatives from Asia, Africa, the Center East, and Latin America.
Whereas all the highest leaders of all member international locations – seven Presidents and two Prime Ministers – will attend, UN Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres, and leaders of varied aspirant international locations, together with Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, and others.
